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Portland fire chief asks people to clear hydrants
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February 10, 2013
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Portland’s fire chief is urging residents to help firefighters dig out hydrants whenever possible following a fire that critically injured a 50-year-old woman.
Firefighters arrived Sunday to find the burned woman outside the home, and they had to quickly dig out a snow-buried hydrant to douse the flames.
Fire Chief Jerome LaMoria says the woman was initially taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland before being airlifted to a Boston hospital in critical condition. Her name was not immediately released.
LaMoria tells The Portland Press Herald that a dozen additional firefighters have been deployed to help the department dig out the city’s 2,500 public and private fire hydrants.
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